An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes affected parts of west Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 5th. Thunderstorms developed along a stationary frontal boundary over the western low rolling plains and the northeastern Permian Basin during the late afternoon. These storms evolved into supercells, and one storm produced a series of tornadoes across southern Borden and northern Howard Counties. By mid evening, a small cluster of organized severe storms evolved and produced more widespread hail, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall. Damages to agricultural interests across the region were significant, and accounted for a majority of the estimated $2.2 million worth of losses reported.

Hail in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 18:25:00 to 05-JUN-05 18:25:00 (CST)
Location: LAKE J B THOMAS
Magnitude: 2.00 
Property damage: 5K
Crop damage: 25K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail up to the size of hen eggs was reported at Lake J.B. Thomas. The hail caused minor damage and broke limbs off trees. Although significant agricultural losses were not reported, there are numerous pecan orchards in the vicinity of the lake.

Thunderstorm Wind in DAWSON, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 21:05:00 to 05-JUN-05 21:05:00 (CST)
Location: SAND
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 2K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines near Sand in western Dawson County.

Hail in SCURRY, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 21:17:00 to 05-JUN-05 21:17:00 (CST)
Location: SNYDER
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in MARTIN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 21:05:00 to 05-JUN-05 21:15:00 (CST)
Location: LENORAH
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Quarter size hail was reported along U.S. Highway 87 in extreme northeastern Martin County just southeast of Ackerly.

Thunderstorm Wind in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 21:00:00 to 05-JUN-05 21:27:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Magnitude: 65 EG
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Severe thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage in Gail. At least two roofs were damaged with one being blown off of a permanent residence. In addition, a small outbuilding was overturned and several large trees downed.

Hail in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 18:05:00 to 05-JUN-05 18:40:00 (CST)
Location: LAKE J B THOMAS
Magnitude: 2.50 
Property damage: 5K
Crop damage: 200K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

A rancher in southern Borden County, while conversing with National Weather Service meteorologists conducting a damage survey, described tennis ball size hail that fell at his residence for at least thirty minutes. The ranch house is located near Farm to Market Road 1785 west of Lake J.B. Thomas. The hail pounded crops in the area as the man and his wife watched a large tornado (see the next event entry) track to the southeast and south of their home.

Hail in HOWARD, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 19:30:00 to 05-JUN-05 20:00:00 (CST)
Location: VEALMOOR
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 550K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Farmers near the Borden and Howard County line reported extensive loss to cotton crops due to wind driven hail.

Thunderstorm Wind in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 19:30:00 to 05-JUN-05 19:45:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Magnitude: 70 EG
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 150K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Farmers near the Borden and Howard County line reported extensive loss to cotton crops due to wind driven hail.

Thunderstorm Wind in HOWARD, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 20:35:00 to 05-JUN-05 20:40:00 (CST)
Location: BIG SPRING
Magnitude: 52 EG
Property damage: 10K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Storm spotters reported that thunderstorm wind gusts blew down power poles along U.S. Highway 87 near the intersection of County Road 4500  north of Big Spring.

Thunderstorm Wind in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 22:00:00 to 05-JUN-05 22:00:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Magnitude: 57 EG
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

A local government official reported that severe thunderstorm winds broke large tree limbs at her rural residence near Texas Highway 612 in northeastern Borden County.

Thunderstorm Wind in HOWARD, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 19:30:00 to 05-JUN-05 19:45:00 (CST)
Location: VEALMOOR
Magnitude: 70 EG
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 150K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Farmers near the Borden and Howard County line reported extensive loss to cotton crops due to wind driven hail. At least 20,000 acres of cotton were destroyed as the slow moving tornadic storm propagated over southern Borden and northern Howard County. Hail up to the size of pennies combined with destructive winds estimated to be between 70 and 80 MPH to produce widespread agricultural losses.

Hail in SCURRY, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 17:06:00 to 05-JUN-05 18:15:00 (CST)
Location: SNYDER
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD

The Snyder Fire Department reported nickel size hail along U.S. Highway 180 west of Snyder. The storm continued to produce hail as it propagated southwestward toward Knapp. Quarter size hail was reported by a National Weather Service Cooperative Observer near Knapp at 18:15 CST.

Hail in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 19:30:00 to 05-JUN-05 20:20:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 550K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Farmers near the Borden and Howard County line reported extensive loss to cotton crops due to wind driven hail.

Flash Flood in DAWSON, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 21:15:00 to 05-JUN-05 23:00:00 (CST)
Location: ACKERLY
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Storm spotters and local law enforcement officials reported intermittent flash flooding along U.S. Highway 87 between Ackerly and Lamesa. More than six inches of rapidly flowing flood waters covered the highway near the intersection of Farm to Market Road 828 just south of Lamesa. In addition, several streets in Ackerly were inundated by high water.

Tornado in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 17:39:00 to 05-JUN-05 17:39:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Borden County Sheriff's Office reported that a second tornado developed within a few minutes of the previous entry dissipating. This tornado also remained over open country south of U.S. Highway 180, and it was reported to be short-lived in nature.

Tornado in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 18:05:00 to 05-JUN-05 18:05:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 5K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Eye witnesses observed a brief tornado that developed along Farm to Market Road 669 just north of that highway's intersection with Farm to Market Road 1785. Local law enforcement officials and the Texas Department of Transportation reported that highway road signs were "missing" along the tornado's short track along Farm to Market Road 669. The signs were believed to be lofted by the tornadic winds and deposited in adjacent mesquite fields. This tornado developed along the flanking line of the cyclic tornadic supercell.  The following tornado was associated with the storm's mesocylone, and formed east of this event.

Tornado in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 17:33:00 to 05-JUN-05 17:37:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

The first of six tornadoes to strike the northeastern Permian Basin during the late afternoon and evening of the 5th was observed in rural areas of eastern Borden County shortly after 17:30 CST. Law enforcement officials reported that the tornado remained in open range land south of U.S. Highway 180. Although the tornado persisted for nearly five minutes, no damage was reported.

Tornado in HOWARD, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 19:44:00 to 05-JUN-05 19:45:00 (CST)
Location: LUTHER
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A local television meteorologist and Skywarn storm spotters photographed a brief tornado southwest of Luther around 19:45 CST. The tornado developed along the flanking line of the evolving high precipitation supercell, or beneath a new updraft developing along the storm's southwest flank. No damage was reported.

Flash Flood in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 20:20:00 to 05-JUN-05 21:50:00 (CST)
Location: GAIL
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Local law enforcement officials reported intermittent flash flooding along Farm to Market Road 669 south of Gail. High water was reported flowing over the highway at several locations from five miles south of Gail southward to near the Borden and Howard County line.

Flash Flood in HOWARD, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 21:27:00 to 05-JUN-05 23:00:00 (CST)
Location: VEALMOOR
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

The Texas Department of Transportation reported that several secondary roads near Vealmoor were inundated by high water.

Hail in DAWSON, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 19:53:00 to 05-JUN-05 21:15:00 (CST)
Location: ACKERLY
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Multiple reports were received of large hail in the vicinity of Ackerly. Initial reports by the Lamesa Police Department indicated golfball size hail along U.S. Highway 87 northeast of town. Storm spotters also reported penny to quarter size hail further south along U.S. Highway 87 to the Martin County line.

Flash Flood in SCURRY, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 23:27:00 to 06-JUN-05 06:00:00 (CST)
Location: SNYDER
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Storm spotters reported flash flooding during the late evening hours from the Snyder area southwestward toward Lake J.B. Thomas. High water flowed through several city streets shortly before midnight CST. Runoff caused the flash flood threat to persist through the early morning hours of the 6th. A rancher in southwestern Scurry County reported more than half a foot of rapidly flowing flood waters that inundated County Road 1298 just east of Lake J.B. Thomas.

Tornado in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 17:44:00 to 05-JUN-05 17:50:00 (CST)
Location: LAKE J B THOMAS
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD

The third tornado of the family developed near the west shores of Lake J.B. Thomas. The tornado affected open range land just west of Farm to Market Road 1205 for more than five minutes. The tornado was photographed by storm spotters and the public as it remained over open range land. It caused no damage.

Tornado in HOWARD, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 18:20:00 to 05-JUN-05 18:40:00 (CST)
Location: LUTHER
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 300K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

The long-lived tornado that developed in south-central Borden County crossed into Howard County east of County Road 41. The tornado's damage path narrowed as it moved over a hay field northeast of Luther. Three hundred round bales of hay, weighing 2,000 pounds each, were shredded by the tornadic winds. All of the hay bales were destroyed and the individual straws of hay served as small missiles, stripping mesquite trees of their bark in a thicket to the west. The tornado crossed County Road 41 about two miles south of the Howard and Borden County line. Chunks of asphalt, some up to six inches in diameter, were removed from the road's surface and deposited in an adjacent field. A 250 yard wide swath was cut through mesquite filled range land west of the road. Large mesquite trees were reduced to stumps that only stood a few feet tall, and were partially debarked. A railroad boxcar that was being used for storage was destroyed one mile west of County Road 41. The boxcar broke into three large pieces as it initially bounced along the earth, leaving large craters in the ground, and then was lofted. The three pieces were displaced a mile to the southwest from the boxcar's original location, near the end of the damage path.A National Weather Service damage survey team concluded that a significant rating (F2) was warranted based on the magnitude of tree and vegetation damage, and the lofting and displacement of the railroad boxcar. The tornadoes total path length across Borden and Howard Counties was nine miles, with a maximum path width of three quarters of a mile in south-central Borden County.

Tornado in BORDEN, TEXAS
From 05-JUN-05 18:08:00 to 05-JUN-05 18:20:00 (CST)
Location: LAKE J B THOMAS
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 80K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

A significant tornado developed in southern Borden County shortly after 18:00 CST. This tornado initially formed just north of Farm to Market Road 1785 three miles west of that highway's intersection with Farm to Market Road 1205. The tornado then slowly moved southwest, and resulted in a wide swath of damage to mesquite trees, road signs, fences, and utility poles as it crossed Farm to Market Road 1785.The tornado's damaging ground circulation briefly dissipated south of Farm to Market Road 1785 in south-central Borden County. Video provided by the public and storm spotters indicated that this phase of the tornado's life cycle was characterized by a condensation funnel that reached half way to the ground with no debris visible near the ground. National Weather Service meteorologists that conducted a damage survey of the tornado's track initially concluded that the broken damage path was likely the result of two separate tornadoes. Photographic evidence, however, supports that the funnel aloft remained well-defined and that the tornado reformed about one mile north of the Borden and Howard County line. The tornado crossed a county road near the Howard County line, and left a three-quarter mile wide swath of damage to mesquite trees and fences. Large drifts of wind blown mud accumulated several feet high along barbed-wire fences on the north side of the tornadoes circulation. A tin shed also was severely damaged. The tornado then moved over plowed fields as it crossed into north-central Howard County.Damage in the Borden County segment of the tornado's path would suggest a weak category rating. This may be largely due to a lack of man made structures that were affected. More significant (F2) damage was observed along the Howard County segment of the damage path. The total path length over Borden and Howard Counties was nine miles.